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On average, MaryAnn
puts money into savings about 0.9 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
wakes up on time about 6.1 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
finds a way to get some relaxation in about 5.0 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
gets quality alone time about 1.9 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
takes enough steps about 6.2 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
eats whole grains about 6.1 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
gets some meaningful work done about 5.2 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
does household chores about 1.8 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
eats locally grown produce about 7.0 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
eats hydrogenated vegetable oil about 0.0 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
does yoga about 2.5 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
tracks her spending about 6.8 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
thinks of a tiny health improvement they can make about 7.0 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
exercises about 2.8 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
meditates about 6.6 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
eats greens about 3.5 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
studies something interesting about 6.3 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
goes to bed on time about 1.9 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
takes a multivitamin about 7.0 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
lists things she's grateful for about 7.0 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
goes on dates about 7.0 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
brings lunch to work about 5.7 days a week.
On average, MaryAnn
drinks about 37.0 glasses of water a week.
MaryAnn, in the Green Bracket, played Thursday May, 9th for 200 points, following 100% of her 13 rules.
She
didn't lose any life points and therefore got 1 piece of fruit for the hard work.
Her public review of the day was…
A day full of dozens of little admin things — phone calls, emails, follow-ups (follows-up?), organizing, scheduling, planning, printing stuff.
I don’t really know how such things can fill up a whole day, but they did.
Warm, sunny, muggy day. Sat in the backyard for a bit with a cup of tea, enjoying how those big pink magnolia petals completely cover everything. It was a little blinding, like looking at a field of pale pink snow in the sun. The magnolia perfume was nice. Every little gusty breeze sent another flurry of large petals drifting down through the branches to the ground. Very peaceful.
8 days ago
MaryAnn, in the Green Bracket, played Wednesday May, 8th for 277 points, following 100% of her 12 rules.
She
didn't lose any life points and therefore got 1 piece of fruit for the hard work.
Her public review of the day was…
Bustled around, got stuff done. Saw husband off for a short trip, always a last-minute rush. Found some hard-to-find necessities that I needed to buy. Sorted out a logistical problem. And just enjoyed a mug of mint-chocolate-rooibos tea. Soon to bed.
The backyard is blanketed with big, pink-and-white magnolia petals, slowly turning brown. It’s odd to look out and see the ground all pink.
9 days ago
MaryAnn, in the Green Bracket, played Tuesday May, 7th for 208 points, following 92% of her 13 rules.
She
lost 1 life point for missing the following: do meaningful work at least 6 days a week.
Her public review of the day was…
Got stuff done, although busier than I’d like (but that’s what I always say).
Highlights:
Couple of good work conversations, new contact that holds promise, got a couple of awkward errands done (one of them has been very long-procrastinated), found and bought the right colour of flowers (annuals) for the backyard, tasted a couple of nice new teas.
And so to bed.
10 days ago
MaryAnn, in the Green Bracket, played Monday May, 6th for 199 points, following 100% of her 12 rules.
She
didn't lose any life points and therefore got 1 piece of fruit for the hard work.
Her public review of the day was…
An okay day, although tiring. Got several problems sorted out, but a couple of them created a lot of stress and pressure for quite a while.
Many ups and downs lately. Have to find better ways to do something like roll with the punches, or fend off stress, or something like that.
The distinction made between rest and renewal was helpful today (thanks, msmaggie). This is something I’d understood, sort of, but hadn’t articulated to myself so clearly. I think this points me someplace useful.
11 days ago
MaryAnn, in the Green Bracket, played Sunday May, 5th for 219 points, following 100% of her 13 rules.
She
didn't lose any life points and therefore got 1 piece of fruit for the hard work.
Her public review of the day was…
Pretty good day — a nice mix of chores, relaxing & enjoying, and exercise.
Specifically: sat outside having coffee and doing a little paperwork so I could also gaze at the magnolia; did some outside garden & yard-work (cleaning up dead stuff from last year); then a longish walk along the lake, ending at sunset; then a roti for supper.
The magnolia blossoms are now past their peak. Such short-lived beauty. The blossom petals, slightly fleshy, were making little thuds as they started to fall today.
12 days ago
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MaryAnn, in the Green Bracket, played Saturday May, 4th for 216 points, following 91% of her 12 rules.
She
lost 1 life point for missing the following: limit spending for anything non-essential every day.
Her public review of the day was…
Some major stresses in the past week, but today things turned around and the day had many ordinary blessings, for which I’m grateful.
- finished enough decluttering and cleaning for the city guy to come and install the water meter in the basement
- consequently, some long-due chores got done and the place looks better (i.e., we’ve Unfucked our Habitat a little www.unfuckyourhabitat.com )
- took the opportunity to have a mending-fences conversation with the neighbour who installed the noisy, Volkswagen-sized air conditioner (the good-guy half of the good-cop/bad-cop duo) as he was obviously trying to make nice
- found a much easier way to clean some difficult-to-clean floor tiles (so I can now clean them more often, because not such an aversive task)
- while waiting for the city guy to arrive, sat in the backyard for a couple of hours, gazing at the full-bloom magnolia (which is somewhat like gazing into paradise) – drinking tea, thinking, dozing, meditating
- the city water-meter guy was a lovely and interesting man from Haiti, who told us something of his eventful life
- went to an evening concert to hear “The Bills” – we enjoyed them hugely
- met an old friend at the concert who offered to help me with something I’m having difficulty with
- returning tonight through the backyard, smelled the perfume of magnolia
Not a bad day.
13 days ago
MaryAnn, in the Green Bracket, played Friday May, 3rd for 197 points, following 100% of her 12 rules.
She
didn't lose any life points and therefore got 1 piece of fruit for the hard work.
Her public review of the day was…
Lots of stuff to do. Some decluttering in basement: tossed out several dozen jars/bottles and cans of food and juice long past their prime. City contractors are coming tomorrow to install water meter in the most cluttered area of basement, and we have no choice about it. Bah.
A good motivator to declutter and chuck out some shit, though.
The two guys who bought the house next door last Fall to renovate and flip, have just finished the job, and have placed a few feet away from our front porch one of those gawd-awful, noisy, air conditioning units that’s the size of a small Volkswagen. Some unpleasant conversations about the placement of that. Too late to change it. (Too expensive, too much trouble, they won’t do it.) No space for a sound-buffering structure, either.
It will preclude any sort of relaxing on the front porch, whenever the fucking thing is running. Triple-bah. I wish I had a grenade to throw at it. Maybe a family of raccoons will nest in it. Or skunks. Or badgers. Skunks would be good.
All we can do is hope that whoever buys the house doesn’t like to use air-conditioning.
I begin to understand why some people prefer the old suburbs, where the lots are wide and you have some elbow room and some buffering to protect you from insane and/or noisy neighbours.
Bright spots:
Good work conversations, and a part-solution to a problem. Magnolia continues to be magnificent and too gorgeous for words. Clipped 54 cat claws, with (inexplicably) hardly any fuss at all.
14 days ago
MaryAnn, in the Green Bracket, played Thursday May, 2nd for 202 points, following 100% of her 13 rules.
She
didn't lose any life points and therefore got 1 piece of fruit for the hard work.
Her public review of the day was…
Pretty good day. Learned some stuff, practised some stuff with a colleague/friend, went out for an impromptu Ethiopian dinner with husband, and reminded ourselves of a couple of causes for optimism.
Still, stresses and frustrations in the background that won’t go away. I guess they need to be accepted as part of life.
The pink saucer-magnolia opens its blossoms a little more each day. Its peak will be over the weekend. It’s such a stunning sight — a grown-up tree, as big as those trees get (maybe 30 feet) — covered with probably a couple of thousand blossoms. And they smell nice, too.
15 days ago
MaryAnn
had a couple thoughts.
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· 3,787 pts
. . . Magnolia !
has burst into bloom!
15 days ago
MaryAnn, in the Green Bracket, played Wednesday May, 1st for 179 points, following 100% of her 12 rules.
She
didn't lose any life points and therefore got 1 piece of fruit for the hard work.
Her public review of the day was…
Not the easiest beginning to the month. The day began with high stress which, thankfully, turned around eventually. Not enough energy for much else after that. Did a bunch of time-consuming admin, phone calls, and the like, and sorted out a few things.
Husband made baba ganoush from scratch, beginning with roasting the eggplant. It was really delicious.
To bed early tonight, if it kills me. ;-)
16 days ago
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The dozens! Cousins to the hundreds, but let’s not go there. I love your description of the backyard magnolia, plus a bit of time with tea, peace.
Maybe there were hundreds….
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